weeklystandard.com - 12/4/2008
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Saxby Chambliss' flattening of Jim Martin, 57-43, Tuesday night in Georgia ensured the Democrats cannot get to a filibuster-proof 60 votes in the Senate, but what else did it do?
It changed the cost-benefit analysis for Democratic senators on jumping into the fray for Al Franken, whose close ...
usnews.com - 12/4/2008
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usnews.com —
Saxby Chambliss has won the Georgia runoff by
a 57.4 percent-to-42.6 percent margin with 97 percent of
precincts reporting. That's a margin of 14.8 percentage points, far greater than the 49.8 percent-to-46.8 percent margin that Chambliss led by in ...
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Chambliss’s Win in Georgia Shows Obama’s Diminishing ...
online.wsj.com - 12/4/2008
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online.wsj.com —
JAMES TARANTO Democrats will fall short of a
60-seat Senate supermajority in the 111th Congress. Unofficial results
, with 97% of precincts reporting, show Sen. Saxby Chambliss with a wide lead over challenger Jim Martin, 57.4% to 42.6%, in Georgia's ...
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A Win for Civility
firedoglake.com - 12/3/2008
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firedoglake.com —
Pathetic, thy name is Red State. Both Sarah
Palin and Barack Obama campaigned in Georgia. Palin flew
all over the state rallying Republicans. Obama flew under the radar heavily targeting black voters, demanding support for Martin, and running ...
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Erick Erickson Dances In End Zone After Late Field Goal ...
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AOL Hot Seat Poll: What does the Chambliss landslide mean?
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... do suggest that other Democrats will have a hard time duplicating Obama’s percentages in affluent suburban counties. Note that this runoff took place when opinion is very favorable to Obama and when he has been getting credit for bipartisan or at least nonpartisan appointments (Robert Gates, Timothy Geithner). In other words, in two years, Obama won’t be getting this kind of honeymoon feeling, and he can expect even tougher races if the Republicans can turn out the vote like this. Mary Katharine Ham has a good roundup of reactions as well.
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redstate.com 11/7/2008 —
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fivethirtyeight.com 12/3/2008 — I tend to think that we should not be too dismissive of Saxby Chambliss's win in Georgia tonight. Although the outcome was expected, and although runoffs and special elections sometimes behave in idiosyncratic ways, moving from a 3-point margin of ...
GA-Sen: Same Old Saxby
dailykos.com 10/31/2008 — Well, give credit where credit is due: Saxby Chambliss knows his base, knows his supporters, and knows how to fire them up. The New York Times ran a story this morning on black turnout in Georgia potentially endangering the senior Senator, as ...
What Does the Chambliss Victory Really Mean?
qando.net 12/4/2008 — A fter narrowly missing an outright electoral victory on Nov. 4th ( garnering only 49.8% ), Chambliss managed to win a runoff by a wide margin on Tuesday. Predictably, pundits around the web are now trying to decipher just what that win means. Some ...
Martin best choice for Georgia
ajc.com 10/14/2008 — In his almost six years in the U.S. Senate, Saxby Chambliss has built a reputation as a loyal defender of President Bush and his policies and as a champion of corporate interests. The people of Georgia now have to decide whether that’s the senator ...
McCain to campaign for Chambliss in Georgia
politico.com 11/7/2008 — November 07, 2008 Categories: Georgia McCain to campaign for Chambliss in Georgia John McCain will be campaigning for Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) in the all-but-assured runoff against Democrat Jim Martin next month, according to Chambliss' campaign. ...
Sugar executive defends Chambliss
ajc.com 11/21/2008 — This is in today’s Savannah Morning News: Imperial Sugar Co. CEO John Sheptor defended the conduct of Saxby Chambliss on Wednesday, saying the U.S. senator from Georgia has “behaved appropriately with character and integrity at all ...
Poll: Martin Only Two Points Behind Chambliss In Runoff
huffingtonpost.com 11/25/2008 — The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has a poll showing Georgia challenger Jim Martin within two points of his Republican rival, incumbent Sen. Saxby Chambliss in their runoff election.
Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Jim Martin is ...
Chambliss wins second term in U.S. Senate
ajc.com 12/3/2008 — Republican U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss beat back a prolonged challenge from Democrat Jim Martin on Tuesday to win a second term in office after a bruising four-week runoff between the one-time University of Georgia fraternity brothers. Chambliss’s ...
Palin Does Georgia: What Does It Mean?
voices.washingtonpost.com 12/2/2008 — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin used some of her star power at campaign appearances for Sen. Saxby Chambliss (right) yesterday. The Ga. Senate runoff is today. (AP Photo/Jenni Girtman) PALM SPRINGS, Calif. -- As the Fix prepared to head back...
Down the ballot: Poor Charlie Brown —
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CALIFORNIA : The race in the state’s 4th Congressional District has been one of the House contests that had remained in doubt. But the Democrat, Charlie Brown, has conceded and Republicans have held on to the seat. FLORIDA : CQ offers this ...
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Wash Post Federal Page 12/5/2008
The Obama transition team, moving along smartly to fill Cabinet posts, is planning to trot out nominees as early as next week for three jobs much watched by enviros: the secretaries of energy and the interior and the administrator of the Environmental ...
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